WASHINGTON ― Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said Friday that the administration will not comply with a subpoena for copies of President Donald Trump’s tax returns, setting up yet another legal showdown with Democrats. Neal had requested the documents under a longstanding federal law giving Congress access to private tax information. The tax returns are just one part of a broader standoff between the Trump administration and Congress. Neal asked for six years of Trump’s personal and business tax returns last month and followed through with the subpoena last week after Mnuchin refused the initial request. “I didn’t think that they would turn it over,” Neal told HuffPost on Thursday, before Mnuchin had officially defied the subpoena.

Source: Huffington Post May 17, 2019 20:05 UTC